Horse-drawn carts in Indonesia have various regional names such as Dokar, Cidomo, Delman and Andong. ''Dokar'' is mostly used on Bali and ''cidomo'' on Lombok. The carriages are pulled by a single horse and are brightly colored with tassels and bells on the harness. Cidomos have pneumatic tyres and most of the others have
wooden wheel
A wheelwright is a craftsman who builds or repairs wooden wheels. The word is the combination of "wheel" and the word "wright" (which comes from the Old English word "''wryhta''", meaning a worker - as also in shipwright and arkwright). This ...
s. Most of the carriages seat up to four people, with two longitudinal bench seats in the rear, passengers facing each other, and entry from the rear.
Horse-drawn transport in Indonesia is very slow and contributes to traffic congestion in the towns.
Horse dung poses is a problem in towns, and horse drivers have been urged by the Indonesian government to clean up after themselves or face suspension.
Some people are concerned about the horses' welfare as many horses are undernourished, work long hours, show signs of dehydration, and sometimes suffer beatings from their drivers. Population growth in
Denpasar
Denpasar (; Balinese script, Balinese: ᬤᬾᬦ᭄ᬧᬲᬃ, ''Dénpasar'') is the capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia.
Denpasar is the largest city in the Lesser Sunda Islands and the second largest city in Eastern Indonesia after ...
has caused motorcycles to make dokars effectively obsolete.
File:Cidomo Senggigi.JPG, Cidomo in Senggigi
Senggigi used to be the main tourist strip of the Indonesian island of Lombok, stretched out along several kilometers of the beachfront just to the north of the capital, Mataram. The site of a building frenzy in the late 1990s when Lombok was hyp ...
Beach, Lombok
File:Dokar parangtritis.jpg, Dokar in Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by Hamengkubuwono, a monarchy, Yogyakarta is regarded as an importan ...
File:Traditional betawi horsecar (Delman).jpg, Delman in Jakarta
Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
File:"Andong" (horse-drawn carriage) on the road along Kuta Beach.jpg, Andong in Kuta Beach
Kuta () is a tourist area, administratively an urban village (''kelurahan''), and the capital of Kuta District, Badung Regency, southern Bali, Indonesia. Kuta is a part of the Denpasar metropolitan area, south of downtown Denpasar. Originally ...
, Bali
File:Cidomo, Gili Trawangan, Indonesia (932958125).jpg, Harness bridle decorated with tassels and bells
See also
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Lombok horse
The Lombok (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Kuda lombok'') is a horse breed found on the island of Lombok, Indonesia. Probably of Mongolian horse, Mongolian origin, this pony is influenced by horses from neighboring islands, notably Java, an ...
References
Transport in Indonesia
Lesser Sunda Islands
Horse transportation
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